Iberian Peninsula

Spain

España

Regions in travel priority order:

Real Alcázar de Sevilla
Real Alcázar de Sevilla (Photo: usocvseguridad.com)
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Photo: specialtopicsinreligionuno.wordpress.com)
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba (Photo: specialtopicsinreligionuno.wordpress.com)
Alhambra, Granada (Photo: tourscanner.co)
Alhambra, Granada (Photo: tourscanner.co)
Plaza Balcon De Europa, Nerja
Plaza Balcon De Europa, Nerja (Photo: misviajesporahi.es)

1. Andalusia

      • Seville/Sevilla (fourth largest metro and autonomous community capital) – Real Alcazar
      • Córdoba/Cordova – Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba
      • Granada – Alhambra
      • Pueblos Blancos/White Towns of Andalusia – Ronda, Arcos de la Frontera, Vejer de la Frontera, Grazalema, Setenil de las Bodegas, Jerez de la Frontera
      • Costa del Sol – Nerja, Malaga, and Marbella
      • Costa Tropical/Tropical Coast – Salobreña (a Pueblo Blanco), Almuñécar (Cave of the Seven Palaces and the Almuñecar Roman Aqueduct)
      • Costa de la Luz/Coast of Light (Atlantic Coast) – Cádiz
      • Donana National Park

Barbary Macaque and the Rock of Gibraltar
Barbary Macaque and the Rock of Gibraltar (Photo: booking.com)

Gibraltar (UK)

      • Rock of Gibraltar

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Photo: airpano.com)
Park Güell, Barcelona
Park Güell, Barcelona (Photo: flyingandtravel.com)

2. Catalonia

      • Barcelona (national second city and autonomous community capital)
      • Costa Brava/Rough Coast (Barcelona north to the Spanish–French border) – Tossa de Mar, Empúries ancient Greek arceological site, Creu d’en Cobertella megalithic dolmen, Pals medieval town,Girona, and the town of Roses on the Gulf of Roses
      • Costa Daurada/Golden Coast (south of Barcelona)
      • Figueres – Salvador Dalí Theatre-Museum

Windmills of Consuegra
Windmills of Consuegra (Photo: scienceblogs.com.br)
Toledo
Toledo (Photo: ashleyabroad.com)

3. Castilla-La Mancha

      • Toledo (autonomous community capital)
      • Windmills of Consuegra

4. Madrid

      • Madrid (national capital, largest metro, and autonomous community capital)

Alcázar of Segovia
Alcázar of Segovia (Photo: josephkimes.wordpress.com)

5. Castile and León

      • Valladolid (autonomous community capital)
      • Alcázar of Segovia
      • Camino Frances – Camino de Santiago

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Photo: creativetravelcanada.com)

6. Galicia

      • Santiago de Compostela (autonomous community capital) – Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
      • Camino de Santiago

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (Photo: annefoster.wordpress.com)
Donostia-San Sebastian (Photo: daily.sevenfifty.com)
Donostia-San Sebastian (Photo: daily.sevenfifty.com)

7. Basque Country

Euskal Herria

      • Vitoria-Gasteiz (autonomous community capital)
      • Bilbao – Guggenheim Museum
      • Donostia-San Sebastián
      • Camino del Norte – Camino de Santiago

Tenerife, Canary Islands (Photo: broadwaytravel.com)
Tenerife, Canary Islands (Photo: broadwaytravel.com)

8. Canary Islands

Islas Canarias

      • Santa Cruz/Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife island (autonomous community joint capital)
      • Las Palmas/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria island (autonomous community joint capital)

Ibiza Town (Photo: ibiza-spotlight.com)
Ibiza Town (Photo: ibiza-spotlight.com)

9. Balearic Islands

Islas Baleares

      • Mallorca/Majorca – Palma de Mallorca/Palma (autonomous community capital)
      • Menorca/Minorca – Maó-Mahón
      • Ibiza – Ibiza Town (Dalt Vila fortified old town and Ibiza Cathedral)

10. Valencia

      • Valencia (third largest metro and autonomous community capital) – Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (City of Arts and Sciences) and Oceanogràfic Valencia, Catedral de Valencia and Plaza de la Virgen, Iglesia de Santo Tomás y San Felipe Neri (Church of Saint Thomas and Saint Philip), La Lonja de la Seda (Silk Exchange), Torres de Serranos (Ancient Town Gate), Palacio del Marqués de Dos Aguas (Ceramics Museum), Mercado Central (Central Market)
      • Costa Blanca/White Coast – Benidorm and Alicante
      • Costa del Azahar/Orange Blossom Coast or Costa dels Tarongers/Orange Tree Coast – Peñíscola, Oropesa del Mar, and Benicàssim

Francisco Pizarro’s statue in Plaza Mayor of his hometown, Trujillo (Photo: davidsbeenhere.com)
Francisco Pizarro’s statue in Plaza Mayor of his hometown, Trujillo (Photo: davidsbeenhere.com)
Acorn-fed pigs (Photo: cfaithlopez.wordpress.com)
Acorn-fed pigs (Photo: cfaithlopez.wordpress.com)

11. Extremadura

      • Mérida (autonomous community capital) – Roman ruins
      • Trujillo – Trujillo Castle, Casa Museo Pizarro, and Plaza Mayor

Cartagena (Photo: pocruises.com)
Cartagena (Photo: pocruises.com)

12. Murcia

      • Murcia (autonomous community capital)
      • Costa Cálida/Warm Coast – Cartagena

Albarracín (Photo: afar.com)
Albarracín (Photo: afar.com)

13. Aragon

      • Zaragoza (autonomous community capital)
      • Albarracín

Cudillero (Photo: tourismontheedge.com)
Cudillero (Photo: tourismontheedge.com)

14. Asturias

      • Oviedo (autonomous community capital)
      • Costa Verde/Green Coast – Cudillero
      • Camino del Norte – Camino de Santiago

Olite (Photo: youngadventuress.com)
Olite (Photo: youngadventuress.com)

15. Navarre

      • Pamplona (autonomous community capital)
      • Olite
      • Camino Frances – Camino de Santiago

Cave of Altamira (Photo: mandyking.wordpress.com)
Cave of Altamira (Photo: mandyking.wordpress.com)

16. Cantabria

      • Santander (autonomous community capital)
      • Cave of Altamira near Santillana del Mar
      • Camino del Norte – Camino de Santiago

17. La Rioja

      • Logroño (autonomous community capital)
      • Camino Frances – Camino de Santiago

18. Ceuta and Melilla

      • África Septentrional Española autonomous cities
      • Plazas de soberanía (Chafarinas Islands, Alhucemas Islands, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera)

Portugal

República Portuguesa

      • Lisbon (national capital)
      • Porto (national second city)
      • Azores autonomous region
      • Madeira autonomous region

Andorra

Principality of the Valleys of Andorra

      • Andorra la Vella (national capital)